>> The Red Line has resumed normal service after a suspicious package closed the Dupont Circle, Woodley Park, and Cleveland Park stations for several hours. >> Temperatures hit 102 at Reagan National Airport at 1 p.m., breaking a nearly 80-year-old record by one degree. [WaPo] >> The Adams Morgan Safeway closed briefly Sunday evening due to a bomb scare. [City Desk] >> Damage from the Capitol Lounge/Trover Shop fire is estimated at about $100,000…

It’s been a wild week in the transit world. The Red Line caught fire twice and a Metrobus caught fire once, just as Metro unveiled a new commitment to safety. Virginia Republicans called for higher gas taxes, and we half expected to see a herd of pigs flying down Connecticut Avenue. These, and yet more Tysons tunnel news, after the jump. Photo by Chris Combs…

Did you get caught on Connecticut Avenue near the Uptown Theatre last night? Were you blinded by the sight of limos and more barricades than you can shake a stick at? We were. And, boy, was traffic, both of the automobile and pedestrian sort, a riot. Looks like it was all courtesy of the premiere of the movie The Guardian, starring Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher and Sela Ward. We didn’t spot any stars, but, according…

We thought that we’d seen it all on metrorail. But sure enough, DCist saw the up-ended Red Line train that crashed into another one yesterday at the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan. WMATA did its best to shield the view of the damage from riders with a blue tarp, but there is something very odd about seeing a metrorail car sticking up at a 30 degree angle resting awkwardly atop another train car. The Red Line is…